Improvement in trunk-straps



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE., 1

GEORGE E. ALBEE, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNK-STRAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,058, dated July 27,1875; application led Y May 28, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEO. E. ALBEE, of Minneapolis, in the county ofHennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Trunk-Straps, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in Which- Figure lis a perspective View of a trunk with myimproved strap attached thereto; and Fig. 2 is a sectional View of thestrap.

My invention relates to an improved strap for trunks, Whichis of simpleand cheap construction and capable of being easily attached or released,and, by its succession of metal loops with rollers upon one end, enablesa person to strap a trunk .so tightly with a small outlay of strength asto make it and its contents perfectly secure.

The trunk is represented in the drawing by A. B represents an ordinarylong strap of leather or other suitable material, which may be of anydesired width or Weight, having a loop, D, attached to the inside nearthe buckle F. C is a short strap, with buckle G, by Which it may beattached to the long strap B at any desired point, according to size oftrunk, and a loop, E, at the other end. F is a common roller-buckle atthe end of 'long strap B, which is punched with holes in the y ordinarymanner.

To apply the strap, it is passed around the trunk, so as to bring thebuckle F in front,

near the bottom of trunk, and the short strap O is adjusted in such amanner that the loop E hangs Within eight or ten inches of the buckle F,and on the outside of the long stra B. Then pass the end of strap'B downthrough the loop D from the inside to the out side, up through the loopwith roller E from the inside to the outside, and down through 'thebuckle F, and draw to the desired tension.

If made for any particular trunk the buckle G may be omitted and theloop E be attached to the strap B at the desired point in the samemanner as the loop with roller D. The

only object Yof the buckle G is to make the strap adjustable to any sizeof trunk, or, if

desirable the short strap C may be entirely omitted and the same, ornearly the same, results 'obtained by combining the buckle G and theloop with roller E in one piece, as shown in dotted lines at H, Fig. 2.

I claim as my invention- 1. A trunk-strap, consisting of a buckle, F,and loops D and H, connected to the long strap B, substantially asdescribed, and for the purpose specified.

2. The long strap B, provided with a buckle, F, and loop D, incombination with loop E, strap G, and adjusting-buckle G, substantiallyas and for the purpose described. GEORGE E. ALBEE.

Witnesses: i

THEonoRE N. BovEE, RIGHE. H. MANNING.

